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30 October 2024
On 29 and 30 October 2024, the 21st Meeting of the WCO Counterfeiting and Piracy (CAP) Group, held by the World Customs Organization (WCO) in a hybrid format, brought together more than 200 representatives of Customs administrations, Regional Intelligence Liaison Offices (RILOs), Regional Offices for Capacity Building (ROCBs), international organizations and the private sector.
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29 October 2024
The World Customs Organization (WCO) Secretariat is releasing a report summarizing the findings of the "Exploratory Study on the Possible Strategic Review of the Harmonized System (HS)."
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28 October 2024
The 245th/246th Sessions of the Permanent Technical Committee (PTC) were held from 23 to 25 October 2024, at the World Customs Organization (WCO) Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.
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25 October 2024
During a round-table session held at World Customs Organization (WCO) Headquarters on 7 October 2024, the Secretary General, Ian Saunders, welcomed the eleven French-speaking young Customs professionals, coming from all parts of the world, to the 90th Fellowship Programme.
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25 October 2024
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), in partnership with the WCO Accelerate Trade Facilitation Programme financially supported by the United Kingdom, continues its journey to enhanced trade facilitation and economic prosperity for Nigeria.
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24 October 2024
From September 16 to 20, 2024, the World Customs Organization (WCO) held a national workshop on Post Clearance Audit (PCA) for the Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) in Gaborone, Botswana.
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23 October 2024
The Technical Committee on Customs Valuation (TCCV) held its 59th Session in Brussels from 14 to 18 October 2024, chaired by Qianyu LIN of China, with the participation of around 45 delegations.
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22 October 2024
From October 7 to 11, 2024, WCO experts, with the support of the Sida-WCO TFCMP Programme, convened with Office Burundais des Recettes (OBR) representatives in Bujumbura, Burundi.
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21 October 2024
The 2024/2025 WCO Regional Customs Laboratory Professionals Programme, made possible with the funding of India (Indian Customs Administration), Japan (CCF/Japan) and Korea (CCF/Korea), has held its first week of training, from 14th to 18th October 2024 at the WCO Headquarters in Brussels.
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21 October 2024
The World Customs Organization (WCO) convened the first working group (WG1) of the Master Trainer Programme (MTP) on Risk Management (RM) for Central Asia and the Caucasus (CAC) Customs administrations.
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18 October 2024
On 14th October 2024, The World Customs Organization (WCO) and the Air, Space and Cyberspace Intelligence Headquarters of the Colombian Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Colombiana - FAC) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) to strengthen their partnership within the context of the COLIBRI Project on monitoring and controlling General Aviation (GA).
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18 October 2024
The World Customs Organization (WCO) organized a National Workshop on Post-Clearance Audit (PCA) in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 7 to 11 October 2024.
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18 October 2024
In preparation for its 2025 upgrade of ERS’ ASYCUDA World Risk Management Module, the Eswatini Revenue Service (ERS) welcomed World Customs Organization (WCO) risk management experts to help strengthen its Risk Management processes for enhanced compliance management and boost hit rates for Customs control activities.
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18 October 2024
The Bureau of Customs of The Philippines (BOC) has taken a groundbreaking step towards enhancing transparency and accountability by implementing an innovative approach to corruption risk mapping with support from the World Customs Organization (WCO).
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18 October 2024
The Jordan Customs Department (JCD) and WCO experts met from 13-17 October 2024 with various stakeholder groups in Aman and Aqaba to discuss the next steps in working together to fight corruption and promote integrity with the support of the WCO Anti-Corruption and Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme, with funding from Norway.
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18 October 2024
On 9 October 2024, the World Customs Organization was honored to participate in the ceremony commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union, fittingly held on World Post Day, at the organization’s headquarters in Bern, Switzerland.
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14 October 2024
The World Customs Organization (WCO) Secretariat is pleased to announce that Member administrations now have access to new e-learning modules that introduce Customs officers to geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) and demonstrate how it can be used to assist Customs in managing national borders, in particular fragile border areas.
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11 October 2024
Under the framework of the EU-WCO Rules of Origin Africa Programme, funded by the European Union, the World Customs Organization (WCO), in partnership with Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the Customs Brokers Association – Ghana (CUBAG), held a national training workshop on rules of origin for supply chain professionals. The workshop was held in Accra, Ghana, from 7 to 9 October 2024 with the objective to enhance the knowledge and application of preferential rules of origin.
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11 October 2024
The 74th Session of the Harmonized System Committee has concluded on a high note, successfully concluding an eighty-item agenda.
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10 October 2024
Under the framework of the EU-WCO Rules of Origin Africa Programme, funded by the European Union, the World Customs Organization, in partnership with Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), held a advanced training workshop on rules of origin for Ghana Customs.
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09 October 2024
The World Customs Organization (WCO) conducted a Risk Management Workshop for the Ethiopian Customs Commission (ECC) in Addis Ababa from 30 September to 4 October 2024.
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08 October 2024
The WCO’s Accelerate Trade Facilitation Programme, funded by the United Kingdom via His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC), enabled an exchange of best practice by the South African Revenue Service (SARS) to the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), pertaining to implementation of Post Clearance Audit (PCA), Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) and Risk Management (RM).
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08 October 2024
In a demonstration of the World Customs Organization’s (WCO) commitment to strengthening global trade and Customs cooperation, WCO Secretary General Ian Saunders attended the FIATA World Congress in Panama City and the BASC Global Conference in Miami.
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08 October 2024
On 23 and 24 September 2024, the World Customs Organization (WCO), in collaboration with Benin Customs, held a follow‑up mission in Cotonou (Benin) on implementing the Gender Equality and Diversity in Customs (GEDC) policy.
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08 October 2024
From 22-26 September 2024, the Jordan Customs Department (JCD) benefited from the experiences of experts from Mauritius and Spain experts in Amman under the WCO Anti-Corruption & Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme for Customs.
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08 October 2024
Since joining the Anti-Corruption & Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme in 2019, Mozambique Customs and the World Customs Organization (WCO) have worked closely to improve communication with the private sector and strengthen mutual collaboration, in line with the “Relationship with the Private Sector” key factor of the WCO Revised Arusha Declaration.
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07 October 2024
From 23 to 27 September 2024, the WCO Smart Customs Project organized its second Regional Workshop on Disruptive Technologies, this time in Jakarta, Indonesia, for the Asia/Pacific region.
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04 October 2024
The 34th Meeting of the Revised Kyoto Convention Management Committee (RKC/MC) convened from 2 to 3 October 2024 in a hybrid format.
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04 October 2024
The COMESA Secretariat convened a technical workshop in Zambia from 23 to 25 September 2024 to review the COMESA Protocol on Rules of Origin (RoO) with the support of the EU-WCO RoO Africa Programme.
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03 October 2024
This Thursday marks an important step in the collaboration between the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the European Space Agency (ESA).
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03 October 2024
At the invitation of Mexico’s Head of the National Customs Agency, Mr Andre Foullon Van Lissum in his role as permanent secretary of COMALEP (The Multilateral Agreement for Cooperation and Mutual Assistance for Customs from Latin America, Spain and Portugal) and the Director General for Customs of the Spanish Tributary Agency, Ms. Nerea Rodriguez Entremonzaga, as the hosting country, on the 25th and 26th of September, the WCO Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Ricardo Treviño Chapa, assisted the XLIV Annual Customs Director’s Meeting from Latin America, Spain and Portugal.
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03 October 2024
The WCO, in a strategic partnership with the Togolese Revenue Office (OTR), led a comprehensive one-week gender equality and diversity (GED) monitoring mission from 16 to 20 September 2024 in Lomé, Togo.
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03 October 2024
Monday 23 September proved to be a special day for both the WCO and the General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia (GDCE) with Cambodia’s National Customs School being inaugurated as the WCO’s 11th Regional Training Centre for the Asia/Pacific and the ABF/WCO Supply Chain Integrity (SCI) Project launching its first regional seminar shortly after.
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03 October 2024
From 20 to 31 May 2024, the World Customs Organization (WCO), in cooperation with the Regional Intelligence Liaison Office (RILO) for the Asia-Pacific (A/P) region and under the sponsorship of the Japan Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF Japan), successfully conducted an operation codenamed “Operation Action IPR A/P III”.
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02 October 2024
On 1 October 2024, the Network for Gender Equality and Diversity (GED) in Customs of the World Customs Organization (WCO) held its Fourth Online Global Conference, bringing together the Customs community to exchange views on GED’s practices and latest developments in Customs administrations.
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02 October 2024
The EU-WCO Rules of Origin Africa Programme has released a new publication about the rules of origin (RoO) for the textile and vehicle sectors, titled “A Comparative Study of the Rules of Origin in the Textiles and Vehicles Sectors.”
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02 October 2024
From 16 to 20 September 2024, representatives from ECOWAS Member States held a study visit to the World Customs Organization Headquarters at the occasion of the 74th session of the Harmonized System Committee (HSC).
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02 October 2024
The WCO Technical Experts Group on Non-Intrusive Inspection (TEG-NII) held its 11th Meeting on 30 September and 1 October 2024 in a hybrid format.
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